Sports Quotes - Page 21

• Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? The opportunity to play.

  Mike Singletary

  Inspirational, Football, Athlete

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• In my time at Anfield we always said we had the best two teams on Merseyside - Liverpool and Liverpool reserves.

  Bill Shankly

  Funny, Soccer, Football

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• What I need to do is have a great positive attitude and a great work ethic. Those two things validate me. Yes, it's important that I have good numbers, and I'm well-respected as a player. But I think it's more important that I'm respected as a man.

  David Robinson

  Respect, Attitude, Integrity

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• If the psychic energies of the average mass of people watching a football game or a musical comedy could be diverted into the rational channels of a freedom movement, they would be invincible.

  Wilhelm Reich

  Music, Football, Freedom

  "The Mass Psychology of Fascism". Book by Wilhelm Reich, 1933.

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• If a man….who’s playing in front of the public, is being well paid, and he doesn’t dedicate himself to the job, I’d be hard on him. If I could I would put him in jail, out of the road of society. Because he’s a menace

  Bill Shankly

  Funny, Football, Jobs

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• I had to learn to be honest with myself. I had to recognize my pain threshold. When I hit the floor, I have to realize it's not as if I broke a bone. Pushing yourself over the barrier is a habit. I know I can do it and try something else crazy. If you want to win the war, you've got to pay the price.

  Flo Hyman

  Pain, War, Crazy

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• Anyone can train hard. Do you have the discipline to recover?

  Lauren Fleshman

  Recovery, Train Hard, Discipline

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• Skiing is the best way in the world to waste time.

  Glen Plake

  Time, World, Way

  "New skis, same old punker attitude". Interview with Scott Willoughby, www.denverpost.com. November 6, 2006.

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• Twenty seconds before a race, there's absolute focus. The key thing is to achieve relaxation, but at the same to have absolute total control. You've got to find the balance between being totally ready to go and being really at peace with yourself as well.

  Cathy Freeman

  Running, Peace, Keys

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• I don't know anything about luck, but that the harder I train, the luckier I get.

  Ingemar Stenmark

  Work, Effort, Luck

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• I didn't lose the gold. I won the silver.

  Michelle Kwan

  Positive, Winning, Gold

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• You're never a loser until you quit trying.

  Mike Ditka

  Inspirational, Motivational, Football

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• If you aren't going all the way, why go at all?

  Joe Namath

  Inspirational, Motivational, Football

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• Hell, no! A tie is like kissing your sister!

  Bear Bryant

  Softball, Football, Kissing

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  You owe it to yourself to be the best you can possibly be - in baseball and in life.

  Pete Rose

  Motivational, Baseball, Athlete

  Pete Rose, Peter Golenbock (1985). “Pete Rose on hitting: how to hit better than anybody”, Perigee

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  Leadership is a matter of having people look at you and gain confidence, seeing how you react. If you're in control, they're in control.

  Tom Landry

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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  Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe.

  Gail Devers

  Motivational, Faith, Dream

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Good players want to be coached... Great players want to be told the truth

  Doc Rivers

  Basketball, Truth, Player

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• It's a funny thing, the more I practice the luckier I get.

  Arnold Palmer

  Funny, Golf, Practice

  FaceBook post by Arnold Palmer from Oct 04, 2016

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• When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Music, Hunting, Dating

  Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72 (1972)

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• The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.

  Pele

  Inspiration, Athlete, Winning

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• If you don't have confidence, you'll always find a way not to win.

  Carl Lewis

  Inspirational, Motivational, Confidence

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• A modern school where football is taught.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Football, School, College

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.10, University of Georgia Press

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• What's tough is being good every day.

  Willie Mays

  Inspirational, Game Day, Tough

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• Perhaps the single most important element in mastering the techniques and tactics of racing is experience. But once you have the fundamentals, acquiring the experience is a matter of time.

  Greg LeMond

  Cycling, Racing, Insightful

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